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DJ and record production duo

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and English singer John Newman. The song was released as a digital download on 12 June 2020 by

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as the eighth single from the duo's second studio album, ''Hope''. The song was written by Christopher Tempest, George Henry Tizzard, John Newman, Rick Parkhouse and Sam Preston.

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "High on You" was first released onto

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on 26 June 2020. The video shows two single neighbours on quarantine during the

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entering a "socially distanced" relationship. Talking about the video, Sigma said, "It was really hard to get a video done in the lockdown period, but we knew that we wanted to do one which reflected the frustrations of this horrible time we are going through ..it's very tongue in cheek."

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from

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. * Joe Lenzie – producer, associated performer, music production * Christopher Tempest – composer, lyricist * George Henry Tizzard – composer, lyricist * John Newman – composer, lyricist, associated performer, vocals * Rick Parkhouse – composer, lyricist * Sam Preston – composer, lyricist * Stuart Hawkes – mastering engineer, studio personnel * Mark Ralph – mixer, studio personnel

Charts

Release history

References

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